Sewing-machine cabinet



(No Model.)

W. H. HITESI-IEW.

SEWING MACHINE CABINET. i No. 325.081. Patented Aug. Z5, 1885.

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SEWING-MACHINE CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,081, dated August 25, 188' Application filed February 12, 15355.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. Hirnsnnw, of Peru, in the county of Miami and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved SewingIIachine Cabinet, of which the following` is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved sewing-machine cabinet which is so arranged and constructed that when the top of the cabinet is closed the machine is automatically lowered through an opening,` in the top of the cabinet, and is raised automatically out of the cabinet when the top is raised.

rIlhe invention consists in parts and details and combination et' t-he saine, as will be fully set forth and claimed hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a cross-sectional elevation of my iniprovedsewing-machinecabinetclosed. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the upper part ofthe cabinet closed. Fig. 3 is a like view, the cabinet being open.

The cabinet Ais provided with a fixed top, B, provided with an opening,C,into whiehthe baseplate D Iits,on which the sewingmachine It is secured. The said plate I) is provided with two cross-pieces, El, to each end of each of which a link, F, is pivoted, the upper ends of the links being pivoted to the inner sides of' the top rails, A', ofthe cabinet.

In the inner surface ol' each top rail, A@ a longitudinal groove,(,is formed, each containing a sliding bar, l.

On the ends oi'the top l5 two leaves, Il', are pivotcd in such a manner that they can be iolded upon the top I3, as shown in Fig. l, or swung over to project i'roni the ends of the saine, as shown in Fig. 3. The leaves are provided at theirpivoted ends with the end pieces .I on the upper surface.

A connectingbar, l, is pivoted to the back oi' one leatI ILnear the bottoni edge and hinged edge, and the other end of the said bar K being pivoted by a pivot, Il, to the rear edge ofthe back slide, I, the pivot Il passing through a longitudinal slot,l\I, in the back ofthe cabinet.

The slides I are connected near the left-hand ends by a cross-rod, I\', and also at the left- .hand ends by a cross-bar, O.

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On the inner surface of cach slide I a camprojection, I?, is formed at the lett-hand end, and on the inner side of each slide aroller, Q, is pivoted at a short distance to the left of the right-hand link F. The sewing-machine may be of any well-known construction, and its legs, treadle, Jvc., may be secured to the bottom of the plate D, or the machine may b3 constructed to be operated by hand,electricity, water or steam power.

The operation is as follows: Then the machine is not in use and the cabinet closed, the leaves I-I rest upon the top B, as shown in Fig. 2, and are locked by means of a suitablelock. Then the machine is to be used,the left-hand leaf H is swung in the direction of the arrow a until it projects horizontally from the end ofthe top plate, B. The right-'hand leaf H is then swung` in the direction ofthe arrow l/ until it is horizontal and projects from the right-hand end of the top plate, B. Thereby the slides I are moved by the bar IK inthe direction of the arrow d', and the rod N acts 011 the left-hand links F and swings their lower ends up, and by this time the rollers Q begin to act on the right-hand links F, and also swings them upward, whereby the plate D is brought into the opening C, the top of the plate l) being tlnsh with the top of the top plate, B, and the machine It projecting from the top plate, B. The cani-pieces I act on the lower edges ol' the left-hand links F and press theV plate I) upward and securely in place. The inner edges ol' the links F are recessed slightly at j', so that when the canipieces I. and the rollers Q act on the lower ends oi' the links F they press them upward. The machine is now held in place securely, and can be. operated easily.

\Vhen the machine is not to be used any longer, the leaves II are swung in the inverse direction of thc arrows a/ and b', and upon the top B, whereby the plate D, carrying thc1nachine, is moved down into the cabinet.

I am aware that a sewing-machine cabinet has been provided with an opening in its top, a vertically-movable plate, a sewing-machine thereon, a hinged leal` on top ot' the cabinet,

and a bar connected with the said leaf and the vertically-movable plate for raising and lowering the saine, and I do not claim such as of my invention. y

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Having thus described my invention, what I (claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The eoinbination,witl1 a sewing-machine 5 cabinet having an opening in its top, of asewing-machine secured on a vertically-movable plate, links pivoted to the plate and to the inner snrfaees of the sides of the cabinet, a sliding frame in the cabinet engaging the links,

Ie a hinged leaf on the top of the cabinet, and a eonneetingbar connecting the leaf with the sliding frame,whereby when the leaf is raised or lowered the sliding frame will be operated to aet on the links, and thereby raise or lower I5 the vertically-movable plate, substantially as herein shownvand described.

2. The combination, with the cabinet A, having an opening in its top, of the hinged leaf H, the slides I, connected by the rod N,

2o the plate D, carrying a sewing-machine, the links F, and the bar K, connecting one slide I with the hinged leaf H, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination, with the cabinet A,hav ing an opening in its top, 0f the slides I, the 25 rod N, the rollers Q, the links F, the plate D, carrying a sewingmachine, the bar K, and the pivot L, passed through a horizontal slot, M, in the back of the easing, substantially as herein shown and described. 3o

4. The combination, with the cabinet A. having an opening in its top, of the slides l, having cani-pieces P, thev links F, the plate D, carrying a sewing-machine, the hinged leaf H, and the bar K, substantially as herein shown 3 5 and described.

VILLIAM YH. HITESHEV.

Vitnesses:

VILLIAM W. HITREESHER, ANNIE B. BROWN, ELMER S. MORRIS. 

